Molotov Cocktails, Whats the deal?

[Griefbringer]

Historically, Molotov cocktails were pretty effective if you could manage to throw them on the engine deck. Burning gasoline leaking through the air intake grating was quite likely to cause the hot engine to catch fire. AFAIK it took quite a long time to develop tanks that would be properly protected against them.

Molotov cocktails were also very easy and cheap to manufacture. Main problem that to use them effectively, you needed to be very close to the tank, which would be rather unnerving and dangerous to the infantry.

Demtrek, I am afraid that there was a problem in your tactical approach - you should not let usually let the enemy infantry to get to the hex next to your tank (remember, you can easily fall back from the way of advancing enemy infantry), and you definitely should not advance that close to the enemy.

In close terrain, it might be desirable to advance an infantry screen one hex ahead the tanks to prevent surprise ambushes by enemy infantry hiding in the bushes.

Griefbringer